Robert Reich / TruthdigAug 20, 2018
From Mark Zuckerberg to Elon Musk, a new wave of robber barons are wreaking havoc on American society and the planet at large. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / RobertReich.OrgMar 11, 2018
The recently sentenced businessman's story is tragic and pathetic, but he isn't really different from other figures who dominate American life today. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
TOM HAYS and COLLEEN LONG / The Associated PressMar 9, 2018
The self-promoting pharmaceutical executive, notorious for inflating the price of a lifesaving drug and for trolling critics online, is sentenced for defrauding investors in two failed hedge funds. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 25, 2016
Wall Street’s drive for profits is diminishing the benefits to society of new life-enhancing medications for which companies can charge patients hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 5, 2016
Embattled Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli apparently did not show up for his hearing Thursday before the House Oversight Committee with a mind to shift public opinion in his favor or convince attendant legislators that he held anything resembling respect for the proceedings. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigDec 22, 2015
The former hedge-fund manager and pharmaceutical executive may be a rotten apple, but hedge funds and the pharmaceutical industry are two rotten systems that are costing Americans a bundle. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 18, 2015
The 32-year-old Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO and Wall Street player became a source of schadenfreude on a mass scale Thursday with the news that he had been arrested for securities fraud. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Paul Buchheit / Common DreamsDec 7, 2015
There are so many candidates. But the people included here stand out in their various areas of nefarious behavior: war-making, tax avoidance, consumer gouging, environmental destruction, and criminal arrogance. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 26, 2015
The disreputable pharmaceutical boss has reneged on an agreement to lower the price of a medication he raised from $13.50 to $750 per pill. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 5, 2015
Republican Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Governmental Reform, has been accused of protecting drug companies Valeant and Turing Pharmaceuticals from a congressional investigation into alleged price gouging. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigOct 18, 2015
Remember Martin Shkreli, the contemptible pharmaceutical CEO who dramatically raised the price of an HIV medicine? Seems he contributed to Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign—something the Vermont senator was less than pleased about. But Bernie got back. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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